SSN Commentary
EPA's Relaxed Methane Regulations Could Cost New Energy Jobs
Policy field
Originally published as: Arvind Ravikumar and Morgan Bazilian, "EPA's Relaxed Methane Regulations Could Cost New Energy Jobs," Axios, September 13, 2019.
The proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to roll back regulations on methane emissions not only poses environmental risks, but also jeopardizes new leak-detection technologies that could create high-paying jobs nationwide.